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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2003, 2:36 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2003, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saline County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KICT 290735 FFWICT KSC169-291130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 236 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 234 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3902 9735 3864 9735 3864 9784 3902 9784 $$ /OMITT NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KICT 290947 FFSICT KSC169-291130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 445 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM CDT... AT 440 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING PROBLEMS STILL OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF SALINA. SEVERAL CARS HAVE STALLED OUT DUE TO THE HIGH WATER IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /JAKUB NNNN
000 WGUS73 KICT 291102 FFSICT KSC169-291130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 602 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SALINE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER LEVELS HAD RECEDED IN THE SALINA AREA AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ /DARMOFAL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Russell | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.